Tesla and zero duty — model by model
About 99% of the Tesla cars that have passed through our database list an American assembly plant in their production data. Those pay 0% duty and the rest pay 10%. The badge settles nothing: European-market and US-market versions often come from different countries, and the plant record tied to the VIN gives the answer.
Which Tesla models are assembled in the USA?
Tesla models split into two groups here: 99,975 cars carry an American assembly plant in their data, the rest a European, Mexican, Canadian or Asian one. Group one qualifies for 0% duty, group two for 10%. We take the assembly country from production data, not from the model name.
| Model | Assembly countries | Status | Cars in our database |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model 3 | United States | Can be 0% | 46,981 |
| Model Y | United States | Can be 0% | 35,083 |
| Model S | United States | Can be 0% | 12,614 |
| Model X | United States | Can be 0% | 5,725 |
| Cybertruck | United States | Can be 0% | 788 |
| Roadster | United States | Can be 0% | 3 |
| S | United States | Can be 0% | 1 |
Made in USA • Tax 0%
How do you check a specific car?
Start with the first three characters of the VIN — on a US-assembled Tesla that is most often 5YJ. It is a good hint rather than proof: the prefix describes the manufacturer and the country, while we reach for the record of the actual plant, so the answer covers this one car.
How much will you save?
Zero duty takes 10% of customs value off the bill and shrinks the base that 23% VAT is charged on. Excise stays put: 3.1% on smaller engines and 18.6% on large ones. For a particular Tesla, let the calculator produce the figure — the rates are fixed, the customs value is not.
Work out the import costZero-duty paperwork — our job
You put nothing together yourself. We check the origin of your Tesla by VIN, prepare the clearance paperwork and see the case through. If the production data points to assembly outside the USA, we declare the car at 10% — no surprises when you come to collect it.
Current Tesla listings
$0
2023 Tesla Model 3
5YJ3E1EA9PF462199
RWD • AT
Not provided • 118k km
$3,350
2018 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Battery
5YJ3E1EAXJF076351
RWD • AT
Not provided • 137k km
$5,900
2023 Tesla Model 3
5YJ3E1EA9PF401788
RWD • AT
Not provided • 85k km
$7,600
2023 Tesla Model Y Long Range
7SAYGDEE5PF768078
4×4 • AT
Not provided • 32k km
$5,600
2020 Tesla Model S Long Range
5YJSA1E27LF406692
4×4 • AT
Not provided • 56k km
$0
2019 Tesla Model 3 Long Range
5YJ3E1EB7KF510834
4×4 • AT
Not provided • 598k km
$0
2023 Tesla Model Y Performance
7SAYGDEF0PF862507
4×4 • AT
Not provided • Not provided
$25
2022 Tesla Model Y Long Range
7SAYGDEE2NA006563
4×4 • AT
Not provided • 331k km
$0
2022 Tesla Model 3
5YJ3E1EA9NF352654
RWD • AT
Not provided • 85k km
$25
$8,400
2019 Tesla Model 3 Long Range
5YJ3E1EB3KF493417
4×4 • AT
Not provided • 94k km
$0
2019 Tesla Model 3 Long Range
5YJ3E1EB2KF494008
4×4 • AT
Not provided • Not provided
$15
2019 Tesla Model 3 Long Range
5YJ3E1EB2KF387217
4×4 • AT
Engine starts • Not provided
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As of Aug 7, 2026